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PIEDMONT & NORTHERN
SERVICE WITH COURTESY

VOLUME 13 NUMBER 7 AUGUST, 1957
Published at Charlotte, N. C. by the Piedmont and Northern Railway
Company, a 130-mile railroad extending in an arc through the rich Pied-
mont Carolinas and serving such thriving cities as Anderson, Greenville,
Greenwood, and Spartanburg in South Carolina, and Charlotte and Gas-
tonia in North Carolina. Address all communications to the editor, P. O.
Box 480, Charlotte, N. C. Comments and suggestions are solicited.

EDITOR
THOMAS G. LYNCH
Director of Industrial Development and Public Relations.

CORRESPONDENTS
Elizabeth N. Watt ........................... Anderson
Elsie K. Walker .............................. Charlotte
Jean Wallace ................................. Gastonia
Harry T. Campbell ......................... Greenville
Louise DeShields ........................... Greenville
Evelyn Williams ............................. Greenville
F. E. Furr ....................................... Pinoca
W. R. Page ..................................... Spartanburg

UNDER THE COVER
[photo of P & N local freight train No. 62]

The P & N's northbound local freight train No. 62,
which operates during the afternoon between Greenwood
and Spartanburg, was waiting on a siding at Piedmont
when this month's cover picture was made. The freight
was in the Piedmont pass track waiting for a meet with
a special train. Unfortunately from the standpoint of
photography, most of P & N's heaviest freights
move at night; but nevertheless No. 62 made a good
subject. At the head is Locomotive 1606, one of the
1600-horsepower road swichers in use on the South
Carolina Division.